Tag: Amazon
over 6 years ago
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What a possible Amazon checking account may look like, according to experts

Experts say an Amazon checking account could offer customers incentives and a debit card.

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over 6 years ago
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Amazon starts delivering Whole Foods groceries by Prime Now

Amazon has announced the first major integration between its e-commerce operations and its acquisition of Whole Foods...

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over 6 years ago
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Will Amazon, Berkshire and JP Morgan disrupt the health care market?

Amazon, Berkshire and JP Morgan announced plans to create a new insurance company for its U.S. employees.

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almost 7 years ago
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Walmart and Rakuten take on Amazon with Kobo e-reader alliance

Walmart has struck a deal with Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten that will see the US company become the exclusive ma...

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almost 7 years ago
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Amazon Alexa is coming to Windows 10 PCs

Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant is seemingly everywhere these days, and now it’s arriving on Windows 10 PCs to chall...

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almost 7 years ago
metro.co.uk

Jean-Claude Van Damme's fans could be the most devoted in the world

Van Damme is the star of Amazon Prime's new show Jean-Claude Van Johnson.

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almost 7 years ago
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Now you can talk to Destiny 2’s Ghost with Alexa

Activision and Bungie have released a new Amazon Alexa skill that taps into Destiny 2 and lets you speak to Ghost, yo...

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almost 7 years ago
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Amazon’s Echo Buttons available to order in time for holiday trivia games

Amazon unveiled its Echo Buttons at a big hardware event earlier this year, promising that the hockey puck-shaped buz...

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about 7 years ago
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Amazon’s Alexa messaging and calling now available in the UK and Germany

Amazon is updating its Alexa app to add support for messaging and calling in the UK, Germany, and Austria today. The ...

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about 7 years ago
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Amazon's Echo Spot is a sneaky way to get a camera into your bedroom

Amazon unveiled six new hardware products at its surprise event in Seattle yesterday, but the Echo Spot has everyone ...

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about 7 years ago
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Amazon’s Echo Show is coming to the UK and Germany

Amazon is launching its Echo Show device in the UK and Germany soon. The online retail giant is opening up preorders ...

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about 7 years ago
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Amazon expands Alexa messaging and calling to the UK and Germany

Amazon added Alexa voice calling and messaging to US devices earlier this year, and it’s now expanding to Europe. Ale...

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about 7 years ago
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Amazon is holding a surprise hardware event today

Amazon is holding a surprise hardware event in Seattle today. The online retailer is expected to unveil new Alexa-pow...

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about 7 years ago
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Amazon working on Alexa-powered smart glasses, says report

And a home security camera

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about 7 years ago
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South Park trolls Amazon Alexa owners in this week’s episode

South Park returned to our screens this week, and if you’re a fan of the show with an Amazon Alexa then it was... int...

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about 7 years ago
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Microsoft and Amazon partner to integrate Alexa and Cortana digital assistants

Amazon and Microsoft are partnering to better integrate their Alexa and Cortana digital assistants. Alexa users will ...

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about 7 years ago
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Former Microsoft exec reveals why Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant beat Cortana

Microsoft’s former AI expert, Qi Lu, moved to Chinese search giant Baidu earlier this year. Lu spent time working on ...

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over 7 years ago
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Jeff Bezos briefly surpassed Bill Gates to become world’s richest person

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos surpassed Bill Gates this morning to become the world’s richest person. Bloomberg reported ...

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over 7 years ago
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Amazon cuts Echo price by 50 percent for Prime Day

Amazon is offering some big discounts for its Echo and Echo Dot devices today. As part of the company’s annual Prime ...

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over 7 years ago
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Amazon's Alexa voice deals return for this year's Prime Day

Amazon is bringing back its Alexa voice deals for Prime Day this year. The company is enabling more than 100 special ...

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over 7 years ago
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You can now watch your smart home camera from an Amazon Echo Show

Amazon’s new Echo Show doesn’t launch until next week, but it’s already getting support from the top smart home camer...

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over 7 years ago
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How is Amazon’s 2013 tablet still the best one it ever released?

It’s often posited that a major factor in the tablet market’s recent decline is a lack of reason to upgrade; most peo...

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over 7 years ago
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Amazon’s touchscreen Echo Show will reportedly ship in June for $229.99

Amazon’s touchscreen-equipped Echo has leaked all over the place in the past week, and now we have some crucial bits ...

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over 7 years ago
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Amazon's Alexa now supports Outlook.com calendars

Amazon has silently updated its Alexa assistant this week to add Outlook.com calendar support. While the digital assi...

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over 7 years ago
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Amazon's Chime takes on Skype and WebEx for video conferencing

Amazon has been successfully pushing into businesses for years with its cloud computing services, and now it’s lookin...

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almost 8 years ago
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Amazon launches virtual Dash buttons for even faster ordering

Amazon Dash buttons are Wi-Fi-connected gadgets that let you order certain branded items from Amazon without having t...

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almost 8 years ago
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Amazon Dash Buttons land in Japan

Amazon has started offering its Dash Buttons in Japan, a few months after the product expanded outside the US for the...

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almost 8 years ago
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Amazon is reportedly cracking down on fake products

Counterfeit products have been a big problem on Amazon for years, and even a recent lawsuit claimed 90 percent of "of...

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almost 8 years ago
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Amazon's Alexa will now wake you up with a shouting Jeremy Clarkson alarm

Amazon's big push of The Grand Tour continues this week thanks to Alexa. The company's voice assistant is doing its b...

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about 8 years ago
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Google hires Amazon's hardware chief to run new smartphone line

Google's hardware division has hired Amazon's David Foster as VP of product engineering, according to a report from T...

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about 8 years ago
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Amazon's cheaper Echo Dot improves voice recognition, available in black and white

Amazon launched its Echo Dot device earlier this year, but it has been sold out in recent months. While the original ...

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about 8 years ago
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Amazon Echo, now in white

Amazon is launching its Echo speaker and Alexa voice assistant in the UK and Germany today, but the company also unve...

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about 8 years ago
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Amazon Echo is coming to the UK and Germany this fall

Amazon originally launched its Echo speaker back in late 2014, designed as a Bluetooth speaker with the Alexa voice a...

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about 8 years ago
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Amazon is introducing 1-Click food purchases inside its own Prime Video shows

Amazon is releasing a series of shows about Japanese cuisine that will let viewers buy featured products with a singl...

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over 8 years ago
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Amazon challenges YouTube by offering uploaders a cut of the ads

Amazon is launching its new Amazon Video Direct service today to let video creators share any content and receive a c...

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over 8 years ago
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Amazon is launching monthly subscriptions for Prime and Prime Video

Amazon is dropping the requirement to sign up for a year to access its Prime membership services. The retailer is add...

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over 8 years ago
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Amazon will waive game engine restrictions in the event of a zombie outbreak

Amazon announced a new game engine called Lumberyard yesterday. It's based on the powerful CryEngine and is completel...

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over 8 years ago
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An Amazon sommelier just phoned me to recommend wine

Continuing the company's quest to own all aspects of retail and customer service, Amazon has just launched a sommelie...

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over 8 years ago
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Amazon's Kindle e-readers are getting a big software update soon

Amazon has revealed a new firmware update that'll hit its Kindle e-readers later this month, and it sounds like the s...

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